The Village of Southampton has enacted a two-week minimum for prospective renters seeking a getaway.

An amendment to village code, which the board of trustees adopted on Aug. 14, restricts homeowners from handing over the keys to their rental properties for less than 14 days at a time.

The code change aligns the village with the Town of Southampton, the Town of East Hampton and other municipalities on Long Island.

It's also the "first effort" to address a "quality of life" concern villagers have expressed, especially since home rental sites like Airbnb bolstered the popularity of short-term rentals across the island, said Village Trustee Roy Stevenson.

"Some of our residents found that their neighbors were renting out their houses basically every weekend to different people ... ha

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